This is a record of my journey as a Muslim. I used to be Catholic and belonged to a missionary organisation. After my conversion, I sat on the board of a Muslim converts' organisation and specialised in da'wah programmes, convert management, interfaith issues and apostasy cases. I am an initiate of a Sufi order. As such, the articles and writings tend to cover these areas.
All the Arabic and graphics could not have been done without the help of my wife, Zafirah.

Friday, 1 March 2013

Our Value in the Divine Presence

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ
ٱلرَّحِيمِ

The following
is adapted from a swuhbah from Shaykh Muhammad Nazhim Adil al-Haqqani (q.s.) on the 04th October 2010.

We must be Valuable in the Sight of Allah (s.w.t.).
But who is Valued in the Sight of Allah (s.w.t.)? They are the ones who
are welcomed by the angels on Judgement Day.
And there is another group that is not welcomed at all.

Here is a troop rushing headlong with you! No welcome for them! Truly, they shall burn in the Fire! (The followers shall cry to the misleaders:)
"Nay, ye (too)! No welcome for you!
It is ye who have brought this upon us! Now evil is (this) place to stay in!" (Surah
Swad:59-60)

How can we be Valued in the Sight of Allah (s.w.t.)?
The Holy Qur’an is a vast ocean of knowledge to teach us to be Valued by
our Lord. One who turns his back on the
Holy Book is worthless in the Sight of Allah (s.w.t.). The Holy Qur’an was
Revealed only to teach the Children of Adam to differentiate between those who
have value and those who are worthless. We are free to choose which group we wish to
be gathered with on that Day. Today,
people have no interest to know who are valuable and who are worthless in the
Lord’s Sight. The prophets came to teach
us to differentiate between these two groups.
We must learn what makes a person valuable or worthless. Worthless things are discarded. One who is worthless will be placed in deplorable
circumstances.

Adam (a.s.)
had two sons, Habil (a.s.) and Qabil.
The Holy Qur’an made it clear for all of
us, how each of these two had a different worth.

Recite to them the truth of the story of the
two sons of Adam. Behold! They each presented a sacrifice (to Allah): it
was accepted from one, but not from the other. Said the latter: "Be sure I will slay
thee." "Surely," said the
former, "Allah doth Accept of the sacrifice of those who are righteous. If thou dost stretch thy hand against me, to
slay me, it is not for me to stretch my hand against thee to slay thee: for I
do fear Allah, the Cherisher of the worlds. For me, I intend to let thee draw on thyself
my sin as well as thine, for thou wilt be among the companions of the Fire and
that is the reward of those who do wrong." The (selfish) soul of the other led him to the
murder of his brother: he murdered him and became (himself) one of the lost
ones. (Surah al-Ma’idah:27-30)

Qabil killed his brother and became worthless. When we recite his name, we do not say, alayhi as-salam. Habil (a.s.),
on the other hand, became one of value, and we recite his name with respect and
prayer. Those who follow the different
paths of Habil (a.s.) and Qabil will
inherit the different fates of these two brothers. Today, people give worldly titles to
themselves as if such titles enhanced their value in Allah’s (s.w.t.) Sight. The adulation and admiration of people does
not add anything to our worth. Millions
of adoring fans do not add one iota to our value in Allah’s (s.w.t.) Sight. So we cannot judge a person’s worth by the
number of supporters he has. And we do
not seek to impress those around us since their devotion does not add to our
worth.

This is the time of tyrants. Every tyrant has no value in the Divine
Presence. They will never receive a
welcome. That is the truth. We speak the truth without fear of offending
anyone because that is the honour of a person and it adds to his worth. A prophet brings news of the future. The companions were anxious to know who would
come after Rasulullah (s.a.w.) and he
explained that there would be four rightly guided caliphs, followed by monarchs
and finally, tyrants would overthrow them. We are in that time where tyrants rule. Allah’s (s.w.t.)
heavy punishment Descends on tyrants and their supporters in this world and in
the hereafter. They will never receive
any Divine Welcome.

Rasulullah (s.a.w.)
said, “There will come, after the rule of tyrants, a man from my family, he
will fill the earth with justice and balance, just as it was filled with
darkness and oppression.” We are content
with that promise. Those who are pleased
with their Lord in this world, will be pleased in this world and in the
hereafter. Similarly, those who are displeased
with their Lord in this world, will be displeased in this world and in the
hereafter.